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    Tartuffe Study Guide Know the reasons some people became enemies of Moliere Know who influenced Molière as a playwright. The hypocrite‚ the blustering youth‚ the clever servant‚ and the timid young girl are all examples of what kind of characters in drama? Where are the above found today? Why was Tartuffe controversial? What did Moliere claim to be mocking in this play? In the opening scene‚ what are the reasons Madame Pernelle is upset? Understand how to

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    Moliere Creates Modern Comedy Author: Laun‚ Henri Van Moliere Creates Modern Comedy 1659 The seventeenth century was the period of a very remarkable literary outburst in France‚ an outburst which has done much to mould French genius of more recent times. The latter part of the century‚ which has been called the Augustan age of France‚ the age of Louis XIV‚ has certainly been but seldom equalled in the number and variety of the writers who adorned it. Yet it owes much of its brilliancy

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    failure to staple pages and to number them will result in a loss of points. This project is worth up to ten points. Tentative Schedule: Jan. 11—Class introduction 13—The Enlightenment in Europe‚ pgs 295-301 Vol. D 16—Off 18‚20‚23—Moliere Tartuffe 25—Swift “A Modest Proposal”

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    The comedy Tartuffe‚ written by Jean-Babtiste Moliere‚ is undoubtedly a satire; the question is what is the poem a satire of: the Catholic religion itself‚ or the hypocrites within the Church and their corruption? I believe the latter to be the focus of Moliere’s commentary. It is apparent throughout Tartuffe that Moliere has an admiration for religion‚ as practiced by genuinely pious and humble individuals. Cleante is a character who personifies rationality throughout the play. His character

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    develops each. The play Tartuffe written by Moliere depicts two fundamental themes‚ Hypocrisy and Deception. Tartuffe is a satire of the religious fanaticism and hypocrisy and deception were the major ideas that Moliere was trying to point out. Hypocrisy is one claiming to have moral or religious believes‚ but doesn’t really possess it. It’s the act of not practicing what one preaches. Moliere was trying to get across this point to the people through the play “Tartuffe”. Throughout the play Moliere

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    difference in and is able to touch the life of other leading to a positive outcome. When it comes to Tartuffe‚ the true heroes were the king‚ Dorine‚ Elmire‚ Damis‚ and Cleante. They are my heroes in this literary work because they see right through the hypocrite‚ false Tartuffe and expose him. Thus Dorine says‚ “You see him as a saint. I’m far less awed; In fact‚ I see right through him. He’s a fraud.” (Tartuffe‚ 1.1.23). Unlike Madam Pernell and Orgon‚ the others were never quite fooled. “Good God! Do you

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    setting for a light and flimsy action linked somehow by the eternal theme of love”( 704). His showing of the art form can be seen through his three most famous plays Tartuffe‚ The Misanthrope‚ and The Imaginary Invalid. As Lanson stated‚ “From soiling the noble and pure conception of comic genius given to us by The Misanthrope and Tartuffe” (Lanson‚ 134). With the progression from an earlier play to his final play‚ we can see where Moliere used aspects of Commedia Dell’ Arte and where he veered away

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    Temkai Clark Play Response (Tartuffe) The Greatest Victim of Deception is the Deceiver I had the chance to go Tartuffe a few Saturdays ago‚ (March23)‚ and it was a pleasant surprise to say the least. The plot begins with a clear division in the household and Tartuffe is the divider. He is a Guest who preys on Orgon’s(Head of Household) and Orgon’s Mother ‘s hospitality‚ with the purpose of seducing Elmire (Orgon’s Wife) and spoiling Valere (Orgon’s would be Son-in-law) and Mariane’s (Orgon’s

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    in Moliere’s‚ Tartuffe‚ exemplifies the idea of ignorance‚ due to the fact he is ignorant of Tartuffe’s true character. DORINE: “There was that headache Madame had the day you left. Well‚ it got really bad. She had a fever”. ORGON: “And Tartuffe?" DORINE: “He’s fine- Rosy nose and red cheeked‚ drinking your wine.” ORGON: “Poor Man!”(1.4.8-14). Although Orgon hears news about his ill wife‚ he only shows his care towards Tartuffe. He also fails to recognize that Tartuffe is tricking them

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    that was all he knew was to run away from his problems‚ but once he faced his problem he was able to take care of it himself which I felt was the highlight of the entire piece of work. The next dramatic was Tartuffe by Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Moliere this piece came in second only because Tartuffe simply had two people of the entire character list fool they were Orgon and his mother Madame Pernelle. The major character in the play is Orgon the minor characters were the family members and

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